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Publication number: 20200387723Abstract: Various embodiments relate to sensing defects associated with a window. Furthermore, various embodiments relate to performing image processing to produce a corrected image of a scene based at least partly on data corresponding to the detected defects. In some examples, one or more lighting modules may be used to illuminate the window to facilitate detection of the defects by one or more sensor devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Malcolm J. Northcott, Jack E. Graves, James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Jones, Martin Melcher
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Publication number: 20200386570Abstract: A handheld communication device can capture and display a real-time video stream. The handheld communication device detects a geographic position and camera direction of the handheld communication device. A route is identified from the geographic position of the handheld communication device to a point of interest. The captured video stream is visually augmented with an indicator indicating a direction to travel to the point of interest. The indicator is overlaid on the captured real-time video stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Jaron Waldman
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Publication number: 20200387555Abstract: A server may maintain information about entities such as medical entities. A user device can send search queries to the server to obtain information about a particular medical entity. The server and/or the user device may maintain information relating to the particular medical entity in a manner that a relationship between the particular medical entity and the user device can be obfuscated from the server. By doing so, privacy of a user of the user device can be protected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Pennell, Jorge F. Pozas Trevino, Sean R. Moore, Sami Shaio, Sangeeth Sridharan
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Publication number: 20200387303Abstract: The systems described herein provide a remote keyboard service for a media device on a computing device without having to invoke an application or unlock the computing device. The computing device can receive a message indicating that a text input field on the other device is selected and present a notification to the user prompting the user to invoke the virtual keyboard on the computing device to provide text input to the selected text input field. The computing device can receive user input selecting the notification and present a virtual keyboard for providing text input to the other device. The computing device can receive keyboard input from the user selecting characters and send the characters to the other device. The other device can then user the characters as text input to the selected text input field.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexander D. Sanciangco, Bob Bradley, Marc Krochmal, Graham Clarke
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Patent number: 10863476Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to techniques for paging in a wireless network. In some embodiments, a mobility management entity (MME) may determine a user equipment (UE) is associated with a predetermined category and adjust paging mechanisms based on said determination. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marta Martinez Tarradell, Richard Burbidge, Youn Hyoung Heo, Alexander Sirotkin, Puneet Jain, Umesh Phuyal
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Patent number: 10863494Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for time domain resource allocations in wireless communications systems. Disclosed embodiments include time-domain symbol determination and/or indication using a combination of higher layer and downlink control information signaling for physical downlink shared channel and physical uplink shared channel; time domain resource allocations for mini-slot operations; rules for postponing and dropping for multiple mini-slot transmission; and collision handling of sounding reference signals with semi-statically or semi-persistently configured uplink transmissions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Alexei Davydov, Guotong Wang, Gang Xiong, Hong He
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Patent number: 10863428Abstract: A user equipment and a method performed by the user equipment that has a transceiver configured to enable the user equipment to establish a connection with a first network and a second network. The method including establishing a connection to each of the first network and the second network, tuning away from the first network to the second network, tuning back to the first network from the second network and determining whether to perform a network operation with the first network after tuning back to the first network.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Deepankar Bhattacharjee, Sreevalsan Vallath, Prateek Sharma
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Patent number: 10863459Abstract: User equipment (UE) provides machine type communications (MTC) through a narrowband (NB)-long term evolution (LTE) system having a downlink transmission bandwidth in a range from about 180 kilohertz (kHz) to about 200 kHz. Receive circuitry is configured to receive, through a downlink transmission of an evolved node B (eNB) in the NB-LTE system, an NB-physical synchronization channel (NB-PSCH), the NB-PSCH including a synchronization signal and having a channel structure, the synchronization signal including a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and the channel structure defined by multiple subcarriers mutually spaced apart by about 15 kHz and located entirely within the downlink transmission bandwidth. Control circuitry configured to decode the synchronization signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Tao Wu, Debdeep Chatterjee, Gang Xiong, Mohammad Mamunur Rashid
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Patent number: 10863397Abstract: A device, system and method for a user equipment (UE) to opportunistically utilize the wireless capabilities of a paired device. The UE is configured to establish a first cellular network connection based on a first subscription, a second cellular network connection based on a second subscription and a connection to a further UE based on a short-range communication protocol. The UE identifies a predetermined condition and transmits an indication to the further UE based on the predetermined condition. The further UE establishes a further cellular network connection in response to the indication and the further cellular network connection is based on one of the first subscription or the second subscription. The UE then declares no service for one of the first cellular network connection or the second cellular network connection based on the further cellular network connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tarakkumar G. Dhanani, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Vijay Venkataraman, Murtaza A. Shikari, Ajoy K. Singh, Vijay Gadde, Longda Xing, Nishit S. Sheth, Rohit Thareja, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Srinivasan Nimmala, Sharad Garg
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Patent number: 10859407Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) chip including an array of asymmetrically distributed magnetic field sensing elements. Additionally, an integrated circuit (IC) chip includes a substrate, a sensing coil supported by the substrate and enclosing a portion of substrate, and a Hall effect sensor supported by the portion of the substrate enclosed by the sensing coil.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Denis G. Chen, Arman Hajati, Manoj K. Bhattacharyya
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Patent number: 10863338Abstract: A device may comprise at least one wireless transceiver, a memory configured to store a local pasteboard, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive local selections of data to be placed on a local pasteboard, broadcast advertisements indicating that the local data is on the local pasteboard, and wirelessly transmit the local data to remote device pasteboards. The processor may also be configured to receive advertisements indicating that remote data is available on remote pasteboards of other devices, request the remote data in response to a paste command, wirelessly receive the remote data, and paste the remote data.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Keith Stattenfield, Douglas R. Edmonson, Marc Krochmal, John J. Iarocci, Kevin S. Perry, David Rahardja, Christopher S. Linn
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Patent number: 10863582Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may be configured for carrier aggregation (CA) in which a plurality of component carriers (CCs) are aggregated. The UE may determine a mapping of the CCs to a plurality of antenna panels for downlink reception, wherein a subset of the CCs are mapped to each antenna panel. The UE may transmit, to the gNB, radio resource control (RRC) signaling that indicates information related to the mapping. The gNB may, based at least partly on the mapping, determine, for each CC: a first scheduled time period for transmit beam refinement, and a second scheduled time period for receive beam refinement at the UE.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Michael A. Ruder, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 10863564Abstract: This disclosure relates to wireless connection management for an accessory device. A companion device and the accessory device may establish a wireless link. The companion device may associate with a Wi-Fi access point. The companion device may determine whether the Wi-Fi access point supports access by the accessory device to a wide area network. The companion device may determine whether to provide association information for the Wi-Fi access point to the accessory device based at least in part on whether the Wi-Fi access point supports access by the accessory device to the wide area network. The companion device may monitor whether the Wi-Fi access point continues to support access by the accessory device to the wide area network, and may indicate to the accessory device to disassociate with the Wi-Fi access point if the Wi-Fi access point no longer supports access by the accessory device to the wide area network.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sanjay K. Verma, Deepankar Bhattacharjee, Prateek Sharma, Rohan C. Malthankar, Ajoy K. Singh, Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman
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Patent number: 10860198Abstract: In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on the touch screen display. The displayed portion of the electronic document has a vertical position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document, a vertical bar is displayed on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion of the electronic document. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar is ceased. The vertical bar is displayed for a predetermined time period when the portion of the electronic document is initially displayed.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Scott Forstall, Henri C. Lamiraux, Andrew Emilio Platzer, Michael Matas, Imran Chaudhri
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Patent number: 10860034Abstract: Systems and methods for barrier detection using birds-eye-view maps of lidar data. Some implementations may include receiving lidar data from a lidar sensor; determining, based on the lidar data, a birds-eye-view map of one or more objects that are reflected in the lidar data; and inputting the birds-eye-view map to a machine learning system to obtain a classified map wherein the one or more objects are labeled with respective classifications from a set of classes including a dynamic class and static class.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tarin Ziyaee, Tarek El-Gaaly
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Patent number: 10863546Abstract: Some embodiments enable improved aggregated throughput and average latency in a wireless communication channel. Wireless electronic devices may implement adaptive contention window (ACW) channel access that improves channel capacity and enables latency sensitive applications (e.g., video streaming), especially when all wireless electronic devices operating on the channel as well as those in proximity utilize ACW channel access. Some embodiments detect when wireless stations on the communication channel as well as wireless stations in proximity are utilizing ACW channel access to obtain a transmit opportunity (TXOP). Based on the detection, an access point (AP) can instruct an associated wireless station to: use ACW channel access to obtain a TXOP, use a different channel access method obtain a TXOP as needed, disassociate and associate with a different AP, or use a different channel access method to obtain a TXOP.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yoel Boger, Yaniv Dvory, Jarkko L. Kneckt, Guoqing Li, Christiaan A. Hartman
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Patent number: 10860045Abstract: A voltage regulator having a buffer circuit and method for operating the same is disclosed. A voltage regulator having a buffer circuit includes an input stage coupled to receive an input voltage and an output stage configured to provide an output signal on an output node. The output stage includes first and second output transistors coupled to the output node. The circuit further includes a buffer stage coupled between the input and output stages. The buffer stage includes a first buffer transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the input stage and a source terminal coupled to a gate terminal of the first output transistor. The circuit further includes a first current mirror coupled to the first buffer transistor, and a second current mirror coupled to the first current mirror, the second current mirror including the second output transistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Bin Huang
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Patent number: 10860412Abstract: One embodiment provides for a data processing system comprising multiple independent processors to execute multiple operating system environments of the data processing system, the multiple operating system environments to enable operation of multiple regions of a computing device associated with the data processing system. The multiple operating system environments are interconnected via a transport agnostic communication link. In response to detection of a fatal error in one or more of the multiple operating system environments, the multiple operating system environments coordinate performance of multiple separate error handling operations within the multiple operating system environments to generate a combined error log. The combined error log includes operational states of the multiple operating system environments.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Noe, Joshua H. Berlin, Joseph J. Castro, Hardik K. Doshi, Joel N. Kerr, Kerry J. Kopp, Michael J. Smith
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Patent number: 10863318Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for displaying a map. The method provides a first display area to display a map, and a second display area to overlap a portion of the first display area to display (i) a field to receive a search parameter and (ii) a set of predicted locations to view on the map. The second display area is moveable over the first display area in order to decrease its size to allow a larger portion of the map to be displayed in the first display area, or to increase its size to allow a larger number of predicted locations to be displayed in the second display area. In some embodiments, the second display area overlaps a bottom portion of the first display area. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a map application that executes on a mobile device. The set of predicted locations displayed in the second display area in some embodiments include addresses harvested from applications executing on the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Brett L. Lareau, Ryan D. Shelby
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Patent number: 10860200Abstract: The subject technology provides for identifying an item being dragged over an application in which the items are arranged in a table in a first arrangement. The subject technology copies the first arrangement to generate a second arrangement that corresponds to an initial arrangement of the items when the item is identified as being dragged over the first application. The subject technology updates the first arrangement to reflect changed positions of the items in the table resulting from another item being inserted into the table. The subject technology updates the second arrangement to reflect changed positions of items. Further, the subject technology merges the updated second arrangement with the updated first arrangement to reconcile the changed positions resulting from the item being inserted into the table at the location with the changed positions resulting from the another item being inserted into the table.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, David Rahardja, Michael T. Turner, Kurt A. Revis, Christopher K. Thomas, Stephen R. Breen, Tyler M. Fox, Emanuele Rudel, Robert D. Boehnke, Tom Adriaenssen, James R. Montgomerie
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Patent number: 10860207Abstract: A method is performed at a mobile device with a display. The method includes displaying a first mode of a plurality of modes of the device. The first mode of the device is active when a first set of time and/or device location criteria are met and the second mode of the device is active when a second set of time and/or device location criteria are met. While the first set of time and/or device location criteria are met and the first mode of the device is active, the mobile device detects a first input that overrides the first mode of the device. In response to detecting the first input, the mobile device activates the second mode of the device. The mobile device detects a second input and, in response to detecting the second input, performs an operation in the second mode of the device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Marcel van Os, Donald W. Pitschel
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Patent number: 10860096Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to controlling electronic devices. In some examples, the electronic device uses gaze information to activate a digital assistant. In some examples, the electronic device uses gaze information to identify an external device on which to act. In some examples, the electronic device provides an indication that distinguishes between different speakers.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sean B. Kelly, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Karlin Y. Bark
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Patent number: 10860558Abstract: Representative embodiments enable the management of index structures for data tables within a database. The techniques can include (1) receiving a request to perform an operation (e.g., read, write, etc.) on a row identifier (ID) associated with an index structure, (2) identifying a plurality of segments that corresponds to the index structure, where each segment stores a respective bitmap, (3) identifying, based on the row ID, a logical block ID of a logical block that encompasses the row ID, (4) utilizing the logical block ID to identify, among the plurality of segments, a subset of segments encompassed by the logical block, and (5) parsing each segment of the subset of segments to identify a respective bitmap that encompasses the row ID, and (6) in response to identifying the respective bitmap: performing an operation on a bitmap value that corresponds to the row ID.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Murali Vemulapati
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Patent number: 10859603Abstract: Embodiments relate to sensing a current provided by a power supply circuit. The current sensing circuit includes a sense transistor for sensing the current provided by a main transistor, a driver for controlling a bias provided to the sense transistor and the main transistor, and a sense resistor for converting the sensed current to a voltage value. Moreover, the current sensing circuit includes a controller that modifies at least one of: (a) a resistance of the main transistor by adjusting the bias voltage provided by the driver, (b) a gain ratio between a load current and a sensing current by adjusting a number of individual devices that are active in the sense transistor, and (c) a resistance of the sense resistor.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Erhan Ozalevli, Evaldo M. Miranda, Jr., Behzad Mohtashemi
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Patent number: 10860788Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first portion of text relative to the second portion of text to display a non-text region between the first portion of text and the second portion of text that does not include any text and converting at least a portion of the non-text region into a drawing panel provided to receive drawing input via the touch-sensitive display and display a corresponding graphic in response to receiving the drawing input.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jason Clay Beaver, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Alastair Kenneth Fettes
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Patent number: 10860054Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display cover layer mounted to the device using an adhesive bond with a display. The display may be a flexible display. The flexible display may include Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology. The display may be mounted to a rigid support structure. The rigid support structure may be mounted to a device housing member. Mounting the display cover layer to the display may eliminate the need to mount the display cover layer to the device housing and may allow active display pixels to be visible under the display cover layer closer to the device housing than in conventional devices. Providing the electronic device with active display pixels closer to the device housing may reduce the need for an inactive border around the display and may improve the aesthetic appeal of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple IncInventors: Benjamin M. Rappoport, Jeremy C. Franklin, Stephen Brian Lynch, Scott A. Myers, John Raff, Richard P. Howarth, Wei Chen, Christopher J. Stringer, Julian Hoenig
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Patent number: 10861090Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for provisioning credentials on an electronic device are provided. In one example embodiment, a secure platform system may be in communication with an electronic device and a financial institution subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David T. Haggerty, George R. Dicker, Joakim Linde, Ahmer A. Khan, Timothy S. Hurley
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Patent number: 10860310Abstract: A novel software updating method is provided. A target file is divided into segments, where some segments are updated by patching, while other segments are updated by archiving. The segmentation of the update allows very large files such as DYLD shared caches to be patched in-place, i.e., by using free space available within the file to perform patching rather than requiring enough free space on disk to store both the new version and the old version of the file. The segmentation of the update also allows each segment to be updated individually by the most optimal update method (copy, patch, or archive) so that the size of the update file can be minimized.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eric Bainville, Ali Sazegari
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Patent number: 10861389Abstract: A display may include an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels having transistors characterized by threshold voltages subject to transistor variations. Compensation circuitry may be used to sense a current from selected display pixels. A display pixel may include a drive transistor, a gate setting transistor for driving a reference voltage onto the gate terminal of the drive transistor, a data loading and current sensing transistor for connecting the drive transistor to a data/current-sensing line, a light-emitting diode, an emission control transistor coupled between the drive transistor and the diode, and an anode resetting transistor for selectively resetting the anode terminal of the diode. During pixel conditioning and current sensing operations, the anode resetting transistor may be constantly turned on to ensure that there is no voltage perturbation at the source terminal of the drive transistor, which can help prevent hysteresis-induced current sensing error.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Shinya Ono, Zino Lee
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Patent number: 10860199Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to whether a user input at an electronic device should be processed as a scroll input or a tap input based on contextual data associated with the user input.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Andreas E. Schobel, Freddy Allen Anzures, Thomas Chathoth Abraham, Christopher Paul Saari
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Patent number: 10861248Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to creating and editing avatars, and navigating avatar selection interfaces. In some examples, an avatar feature user interface includes a plurality of feature options that can be customized to create an avatar. In some examples, different types of avatars can be managed for use in different applications. In some examples, an interface is provided for navigating types of avatars for an application.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicolas Scapel, Aurelio Guzman, Christopher James Romney
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Patent number: 10860142Abstract: A light-based device may provide images and other light output to a user and may gather user input. The device may include a light guide array formed from a bundle of fibers. The light guide array may have an entrance surface that receives light emitted by a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device may include one or more light-emitting diodes and may be a display having an array of pixels. Light from the light-emitting device may be conveyed from the entrance surface to the exit surface by the light guide array. The exit surface of the light guide array may have a compound curvature. Optical structures may be formed over the exit surface. The light-based device may form light-field display, may form a touch sensor, may form a controller, and may form other structures.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Malcolm J. Northcott, Daniel E. Potter, Clarisse Mazuir, Weisong Toh, Piyush Prashant Dondeti
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Patent number: 10861196Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute information for the point cloud. Attribute values for at least one starting point are included in a compressed attribute information file and attribute correction values used to correct predicted attribute values are included in the compressed attribute information file. Attribute values are predicted based, at least in part, on attribute values of neighboring points and distances between a particular point for whom an attribute value is being predicted and the neighboring points. The predicted attribute values are compared to attribute values of a point cloud prior to compression to determine attribute correction values. A decoder follows a similar prediction process as an encoder and corrects predicted values using attribute correction values included in a compressed attribute information file.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Khaled Mammou, Fabrice A. Robinet
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Patent number: 10860177Abstract: An application launching user interface that includes a plurality of application icons for launching corresponding applications is displayed. A first touch input is detected on a first application icon of the plurality of application icons. The first application icon is for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions. If the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria which require that the first touch input has ended without having met a first input threshold, the first application is launched in response to the first touch input. If the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria which require that the first touch input meets the first input threshold, one or more quick action objects associated with the first application are concurrently displayed along with the first application icon without launching the first application, in response to the first touch input.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Freddy A. Anzures, Sebastian J. Bauer, Jonathan R. Dascola, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Camille Moussette, Lauren K. Trottier, Nicholas V. King, Adam J. Leonard, Lawrence Y. Yang, Craig M. Federighi
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Patent number: 10861211Abstract: A method of animating a digital character according to facial expressions of a user, comprising the steps of, (a) obtaining a 2D image and 3D depth map of the face of the user, (b) determining expression parameters for a user expression model so that a facial expression of the user-specific expression model represents the face of the user shown in the 2D image and 3D depth map (c) using the expression parameters and an animation prior to determine animation parameters usable to animate a digital character, wherein the animation prior is a sequence of animation parameters which represent predefined animations of a digital character (d) using the animation parameters to animate a digital character so that the digital character mimics the face of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thibaut Weise, Sofien Bouaziz, Hao Li, Mark Pauly
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Patent number: 10862329Abstract: An electronic device may have a power system. The power system may receive power such as wireless power or wired power and may use a portion of the received power to charge a battery. Power consumption by control circuitry in the device can be adjusted by deactivating or activating processor cores in the control circuitry and by selectively starting or stopping software activities. By selectively reducing power consumption by circuitry in the electronic device other than battery charging circuitry in the power system that is charging the battery, additional power may be made available to charge the battery and/or battery capacity can be extended. The electronic device may reduce non-battery-charging activities in the device in response to information gathered with sensors such as motion and temperature information, information from the power system, information on device location, information on software settings, and other information.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kartik R. Venkatraman, Shardul S. Mangade, Alessandro Pelosi, Cyril de la Cropte de Chanterac
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Patent number: 10861210Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure can provide systems, methods, and computer-readable medium for providing audio and/or video effects based at least in part on facial features and/or voice feature characteristics of the user. For example, video and/or an audio signal of the user may be recorded by a device. Voice audio features and facial feature characteristics may be extracted from the voice audio signal and the video, respectively. The facial features of the user may be used to modify features of a virtual avatar to emulate the facial feature characteristics of the user. The extracted voice audio features may modified to generate an adjusted audio signal or an audio signal may be composed from the voice audio features. The adjusted/composed audio signal may simulate the voice of the virtual avatar. A preview of the modified video/audio may be provided at the user's device.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Carlos M. Avendano, Sean A. Ramprashad
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Patent number: 10861142Abstract: A multi-layer low-pass filter is used to filter a first frame of video data representing at least a portion of an environment of an individual. A first layer of the filter has a first filtering resolution setting for a first subset of the first frame, while a second layer of the filter has a second filtering resolution setting for a second subset. The first subset includes a data element positioned along a direction of a gaze of the individual, and the second subset of the frame surrounds the first subset. A result of the filtering is compressed and transmitted via a network to a video processing engine configured to generate a modified visual representation of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Can Jin, Nicolas Pierre Marie Frederic Bonnier, Hao Pan
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Patent number: 10862645Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for providing multi-cell, multi-point single user (SU) multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) operations are described. In embodiments, an apparatus may receive and process a first set of one or more independent data streams received in a downlink channel from a first transmission point. The apparatus may receive and process a second set of one or more independent data streams received in a downlink channel from a second transmission point. The apparatus may process control information received from the first transmission point or the second transmission point. The control information may include an indication of a quasi co-location assumption to be used for estimating channel characteristics for reception of the first set of one or more independent data streams or the second set of one or more independent data streams. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexei Davydov, Gregory Morozov, Vadim Sergeyev, Alexander Maltsev, Ilya Bolotin
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Patent number: D904024Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vijay Karthik Koneru, Christopher Wiita, Duy P. Le, Guillaume Raoult, Elvin Chu, Martin Gschwandtl, Christopher Kuh, Robert Brunner
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Patent number: D904083Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alice Marlin Brugger, Manuel Dejesus, Joshua Robert Edwards, Jean-Marc Gady, Wesley Bryan Hamm, Russell John Kaaihue Heirakuji, Allison Inouye, Moritz Wilsberg
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